Cheltenham Town may be safely nestled in the mid-table position of 15th, but manager Gary Johnson says they will still be treating Saturday's match against Forest Green Rovers as a Gloucestershire 'cup final'.

You have to go back as far as 1983 for their last home win over Forest Green in a league fixture.

The two meetings at Whaddon Road since then have ended 1-1, in 1998/99 and 2015/16, both in the fifth tier and this will be the first Football League clash between the clubs on Cheltenham soil.

After Saturday's 3-0 win over Morecambe, the Robins are 11 points ahead of Rovers, who have a game in hand.

But a run of five defeats in six have left the Nailsworth side looking nervously over their shoulders, third from bottom with a four point cushion between themselves and the drop zone.

Barnet and Chesterfield are the two clubs aiming to climb above them to survive.

"I am sure there will be some added edge because of their position and that makes it even more competitive," Johnson said.

"It’s good to be able to prepare all week knowing we have this local 'cup final' coming up on Saturday.

"It's four games before the end of the season, but it's still competitive and we have to treat it a bit like a play-off game.

"I like that because I want to see our players come through games like these than mean a lot to the winners."